Yesterday I performed at the Bread and Water Theatre Music and Arts Fair in Rochester, NY.

I used the small almost rained out event as a chance to try performing in mask for the first time. In London I took some mask classes with Wendy Allnut at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and a one-on-one tutorial with Niamh McKernan. Many Saturday mornings found me in a studio experimenting with masks and exploring the topic of composition with mask, instrument, and performer in mind. I composed two short pieces for solo cello (one performer as cellist and actor) and mask.

At the fair last night I performed the second of these works, one I wrote for a mask I call 'Green Joker Man'. I also performed the third Bach Suite in an unrelated mask.

Education and technology has made this possible to talk to each other by looking at the faces of one another. Even if you are sitting thousands of miles apart you can talk to each other by using some application soft wares.